[NEohioPAL] GLTF Presents World Premiere of "Twice Told Tales of The Decameron" as Free Touring Production

Wed Jan 12 10:00:25 PST 2011

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January 12, 2011

Great Lakes Theater Festival Presents World Premiere 
of Twice Told Tales of the Decameron 
As Free Touring Production

The new play will visit twenty-one venues across northeast Ohio.

Great Lakes Theater Festival (GLTF) will launch the world premiere of
TWICE TOLD TALES OF THE DECAMERON, a free one-hour touring production
scheduled to visit twenty-one neighborhood venues throughout northeast
Ohio, to kick off the company's 2011 series of Surround outreach
programming.  The play, adapted from Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron
by GLTF Director of Education Daniel Hahn, features a touring company of
four actors and is directed by Lisa Ortenzi. The tour commences on
February 15th, continues through March 10th and is designed to support
the Festival's upcoming main stage production of The Two Gentlemen of
Verona (Two Gents) at the Hanna Theatre, PlayhouseSquare, this spring.
All performances of the touring production are free and open to the
public, with the exception of performances at area schools, which are
private.  The touring play is a comedy, appropriate for all audiences.
(See below for a complete list of performance venues, dates and times.)

"Now more than ever, we believe it is important to share free,
professional theatre with people out in their own communities," said
Daniel Hahn, Great Lakes Theater Festival's Director of Education, when
asked about the Festival's annual tour. "Boccaccio's The Decameron is
without question an inspirational piece of classic literature, and to
see stories from this masterpiece brought to life will be something we
hope audiences will enjoy and appreciate. We know several of these tales
inspired Shakespeare himself, so producing them is a rare but wonderful
treat."

In 1350, Giovanni Boccaccio wrote his masterpiece, The Decameron, a
collection of 100 short stories. Some 250 years later, William
Shakespeare took several of those tales and expanded them into
full-length plays. GLTF's 2011 outreach touring play dramatizes two
original Boccaccio stories that Shakespeare later amplified into The Two
Gentlemen of Verona and Cymbeline, providing a fascinating context for
the Festival's upcoming spring productions of Two Gents and The Complete
Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged).

The four-actor touring company features Cleveland actors David Hansen,
Kristy Lee Miller, Eric Perusek, and Robert Smith. The design trio of
Terry Martin (scenic design), Esther Haberlen (costume design) and
Richard Ingraham (sound design) complete the play's production team.
"Lisa is one of Cleveland's most gifted directors, both in the realm of
education and on stages all over town, and Terry, Esther and Richard did
such a remarkable job on last year's outreach tour we are simply
thrilled to have them all on board again this year."  Hahn said.

TWICE TOLD TALES OF THE DECAMERON is a seventy-minute program that
includes an introduction and post-performance discussion.  This comedic
production is appropriate for audiences of all ages and backgrounds.
Times and dates are subject to change. Call individual venues for more
information about the performances. (See below for a complete list of
performance venues, dates and times.)

TWICE TOLD TALES OF THE DECAMERON is part of a series of community
programs surrounding Great Lakes Theater Festival's upcoming spring
production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona, by William Shakespeare (April
8 - 23, 2011 at the Hanna Theatre, PlayhouseSquare).  Held throughout
northern Ohio from February through December 2011, the Festival's
Surround offers multiple educational programs designed to connect the
issues in the plays that the Festival produces to the issues in people's
own lives.  All Surround events are free and open to the public when at
non-school venues. 

For more information, visit the Great Lakes Theater Festival website at
www.greatlakestheater.org <blocked::http://www.greatlakestheater.org/>
or call the Festival's education department at  (216) 241-5490 x307.

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Todd Krispinsky
Marketing and Public Relations Director
Great Lakes Theater Festival
1501 Euclid Avenue, Suite 300
Cleveland, Ohio  44115
(216) 241-5490 x317 / (216) 241-6315 Fax
www.greatlakestheater.org <http://www.greatlakestheater.org> 

TOUR SCHEDULE:
Tuesday, Feb. 15, 8:00pm
The Alcazar
2450 Derbyshire Road
Cleveland Heights  44106
216.321.5400

Wednesday, Feb. 16, 7:30pm
Lorain County 

Community College
Stocker Center Theatre
1005 Abbe Road North
Elyria  44035
800.995.5222 ext. 7120

Thursday, Feb. 17, 1:00pm
Quirk Cultural Center 

1201 Grant Avenue

Cuyahoga Falls  44223

330.971.8425

Friday, Feb. 18, 6:30pm
East Park Retirement Comm.
6360 Elmdale Road, 

Brook Park  44142

216.267.7067

Sunday, Feb. 20, 2:00pm

Clague Playhouse
1371 Clague Road
Westlake  44145
440.331.0403

*Monday, Feb. 21, 1:00pm
Cleveland Sight Center
1909 East 101st Street
Cleveland  44106
216.658.4595

*Audio Described Performance

Tuesday, Feb. 22, 8:00pm 
Workshop Players

44820 Middle Ridge Road,

Amherst  44001

440.988.5613

Wednesday, Feb. 23, 5:30pm
Cuyahoga Valley Arts Center

2131 Front Street

Cuyahoga Falls  44221

330.928.8092

Thursday, Feb. 24, 10:00am
School Performance

Friday, Feb. 25, 12:30pm
School Performance

Sunday, Feb. 27, 2:00pm

Akron-Summit County

Public Library -  Main Library

60 South High Street

Akron  44326

330.643.9072

216.410.6495

Monday, February 28, 7:00pm

Olde Town Hall Theatre

36119 Center Ridge Road, 

North Ridgeville  44039
440.327.2909

Tuesday, March 1, 7:15pm

Kendal
600 Kendal Drive
Oberlin  44074
216.410.6495

Wednesday, March 2, 1:15pm
School Performance

Thursday, March 3, 7:00pm
Nordonia Hills Branch
Akron Public Library
9458 Olde Eight Rd.
Northfield  44067
330.467.8595

Friday, March 4, 1:30pm
School Performance

Sunday, March 6, 2:00pm
Cleveland Heights / 

University Heights Library

Main Branch

2345 Lee Road

Cleveland Heights  44118

216.932.3600 ext. 250

Monday, March 7, 7:00pm
Lakewood Public Library

Main Branch
15425 Detroit Avenue
Lakewood  44107
216.226.8275 x122

Tuesday, March 8, 7:00pm

Fairview Park Public Library
21255 Lorain Road
Fairview Park  44126
440.333.4700

Wednesday, March 9, 1:00pm
Northwest Akron Branch
Akron Public Library
1720 Shatto Avenue
Akron  44313
330.836.1081

Thursday, March 10, 9:15am

School Performance

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